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Black 3TB (2013)

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Average Bench: 84.4% (61st of 1002)

more Based on 4,617 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD3003FZEX-00Z4SA0, WDC WD30 03FZEX-00Z4S, WDC WD3003FZEX-32Z4SA0, WD3003FZEX-00Z4SA0, WDC WD30 03FZEX-00Z4SA0, WDC WD3003FZEX-0, WDC WD3003FZEX-00Z4S, WDC WD3003FZEX-00Z4SA
Poor: 67%Average: 84.4% Great: 100%

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Very good average bench

The WD Black 3TB (2013) averaged just 15.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the WD Black 3TB (2013) near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 137MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Black 3TB (2013) is 32.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD Black 3TB (2013) performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.27MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.72MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,617 samples)
Rank 6184.4%
Min Avg Max
118 Read 152 181
111 Write 142 169
105 Mixed 137 159
108% 144 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.44 4K Read 0.72 1
2.04 4K Write 2.8 3.34
0.2 4K Mixed 0.27 0.35
111% 1.26 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T
97% Outstanding
Read 172
Write 166
Mixed 148
122% 162 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 3.02
4K Mixed 0.25
108% 1.29 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T
96.9% Outstanding
Read 183
Write 155
Mixed 150
122% 163 MB/s
4K Read 0.72
4K Write 2.88
4K Mixed 0.2
106% 1.27 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T
92.7% Outstanding
Read 172
Write 150
Mixed 149
118% 157 MB/s
4K Read 0.73
4K Write 2.75
4K Mixed 0.25
110% 1.24 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 01.01L01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
NCQ 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T
89.1% Excellent
Read 154
Write 156
Mixed 149
115% 153 MB/s
4K Read 0.69
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 0.61
152% 1.43 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T
81.1% Excellent
Read 148
Write 134
Mixed 117
100% 133 MB/s
4K Read 0.64
4K Write 2.92
4K Mixed 0.32
116% 1.29 MB/s
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Gaming 63%
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Desktop 80%
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Workstation 59%
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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $352Bench 88%, 125,915 samples4,981x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $255Bench 82%, 80,192 samples903x
Core i7-4770KIntel  $470Bench 79%, 55,212 samples422x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $370Bench 63%, 263,122 samples1,395x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $150Bench 124%, 225,974 samples728x
GTX 980Nvidia  $500Bench 76%, 57,023 samples675x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $104Bench 94%, 310,365 samples737x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $123Bench 95%, 230,460 samples696x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung  $205Bench 79%, 73,919 samples420x
RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 68%, 6,552 samples391x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 60%, 12,775 samples367x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 58%, 28,967 samples227x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $826

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